European Food Safety Authority’s members appointed

On 15 July, the EU Agriculture Council took the final decision on the composition of the European Food Safety Authority’s (EFSA) management board.

Background

The contentious issue of the composition of the EFSA's management board was finally settled by a decision of the Agriculture Council on 15 July. According to the agreement the agriculture sector gets two seats, the industry, the trade sector two, and one for consumers. (see EURACTIV2 July 2002)